Mashed

Developer(s)| Supersonic Software
Publisher(s)| Empire Interactive
Engine| RenderWare
Platform(s)| PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows
Release| Original
PlayStation 2, Xbox

* EU: 18 June 2004

Microsoft Windows

* EU: 25 June 2004

Fully Loaded
PlayStation 2, Xbox

* EU: 24 March 2005
* NA: 13 December 2006

Genre(s)| Vehicular combat, racing
Mode(s)| Single-player, multiplayer

Mashed is a vehicular combat racing video game developed by Supersonic Software. The game was originally released in Europe for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows in June 2004. An updated version with additional features, titled Mashed: Fully Loaded in Europe and Drive to Survive internationally, was released in Europe in March 2005 and in North America in December 2006. The direct sequel Wrecked was released in 2012.

While the game allows four-player multiplayer, the PlayStation 2 only natively supported two controllers. Since the game used so few buttons, the PlayStation 2 version uniquely allows two people to share a controller - one player would use the D-pad and the left stick, the other would use the colored buttons and the right stick. The game supports the PS2 multi tap for four players.

## Reception

Reception

| Review scores

Publication| Score
PC| PS2| Xbox
Edge| 8/10[1]| 8/10[1]| 8/10[1]
Eurogamer| N/A| N/A| 7/10[2][3]
Famitsu| N/A| 21/40[4]| N/A
Game Informer| N/A| 7/10[5]| 7/10[5]
GameSpot| N/A| 2.3/10[6]| N/A
IGN| 4/10[7]| N/A| N/A
OPM (UK)| N/A| 9/10[8]| N/A
OXM (US)| N/A| N/A| 4.8/10[9]
PC Gamer (UK)| 78%[10]| N/A| N/A
PSM| N/A| 6.5/10[11]| N/A
The Sydney Morning Herald| N/A| [12]| [12]
The Times| [13]| [13]| [13]
Aggregate score
Metacritic| 60/100[14]| (FL) 80/100[15]
63/100[16]| 72/100[17]
(FL) 68/100[18]

Mashed received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms except the PlayStation 2 version of the Fully Loaded edition, which received "generally favourable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[14][15][16][17][18] Andy Young of VideoGamer.com called the Xbox version "a great multiplayer game. One of the best in recent memory".[19] Some American publications gave the game a review over a month after the Fully Loaded edition was released in Europe, but nearly two years before it was released in North America.[5][9][11] In Japan, where the PS2 version of the Fully Loaded edition was ported under the name Simple 2000 Series Ultimate Vol. 28: Bōsō! Kenka Grand Prix, Drive to Survive (SIMPLE 2000 シリーズ アルティメット Vol.28 闘走！喧嘩グランプリ 〜Drive to Survive〜, Sinpuru 2000 Shirīzu Arutimatto Vol. 28: Bōsō! Kenka Gurando Puri 〜Doraibu tū Sabaibu〜) and published by D3 Publisher on 15 December 2005,[20] Famitsu gave it a score of two sixes, one five, and one four for a total of 21 out of 40.[4]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Edge staff (August 2004). "Mashed". Edge (Future plc) (139): 101.
2. ↑ Reed, Kristan (18 June 2004). "Mashed (Xbox)". Gamer Network. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/review_180604_mashed. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
3. ↑ Reed, Kristan (5 April 2005). "Mashed: Fully Loaded (Xbox)". Gamer Network. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_mashedfullyloaded_x. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "New Famitsu scores". NeoGaf LLC. 7 December 2005. https://www.neogaf.com/threads/new-famitsu-scores.74892/. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Drive To Survive (PS2, Xbox)". Game Informer (GameStop) (145): 113. May 2005.
6. ↑ Davis, Ryan (19 January 2007). "Drive to Survive Review (PS2)". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/drive-to-survive-review/1900-6164477/. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
7. ↑ Goble, Gord (7 July 2008). "Drive to Survive Review (PC)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/07/07/drive-to-survive-review. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
8. ↑ "Mashed: Drive to Survive". Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine (Future plc) (48). July 2004.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Drive to Survive". Official Xbox Magazine (Future US): 86. May 2005.
10. ↑ "Mashed". PC Gamer UK (Future plc). September 2004.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Review: Drive to Survive". PSM (Future US): 79. June 2005.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Hill, Jason (7 August 2004). "Thriller in the Myst (Mashed)". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130822104035/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/06/1091732078427.html. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Wapshott, Tim (3 July 2004). "Mashed". The Times. Archived from the original on 11 February 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070211073139/http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/gadgets_and_gaming/article452074.ece. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Mashed (pc: 2004): Reviews". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913080849/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/mashed. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Mashed: Fully Loaded (ps2: 2005): Reviews". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913113750/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/mashedfullyloaded. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Mashed (ps2: 2004): Reviews". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913121105/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/mashed. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Mashed (xbx: 2004): Reviews". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913101331/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbx/mashed. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Mashed: Fully Loaded (xbx: 2005): Reviews". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913101031/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbx/mashedfullyloaded. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
19. ↑ Young, Andy (16 August 2004). "Mashed Review (Xbox)". Resero Network. https://www.videogamer.com/reviews/mashed-review. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
20. ↑ "SIMPLE 2000 シリーズ アルティメット Vol.28 闘走！喧嘩グランプリ 〜Drive to Survive〜 [PS2"] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=11089. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

## External links

* Mashed at MobyGames
* Mashed: Fully Loaded at MobyGames
* Supersonic Software Ltd Mashed: Drive to Survive page
* Xplosiv Mashed: Drive to Survive PC page
* Xplosiv Mashed Fully Loaded page
* D3 Publisher page

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